LOS ANGELES — In right-handed pitchers Jack Flaherty of the St. Louis Cardinals and Walker Buehler of the Los Angeles Dodgers Authentic Robert Woods Jersey , baseball’s future looks bright.And in what has the chance to be the first of many highly anticipated matchups against each other, Flaherty will oppose Buehler at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, with each facing his opponent for the first time.The bonus is that the Cardinals just moved into the top spot in the National League wild-card standings, while the Dodgers are 3 1/2 games back in the National League West — 2 1/2 in the wild-card race — while aiming for their sixth consecutive division title.Article continues below ...The former first-round draft picks are each in his first full season in the major leagues, and Flaherty and Buehler have shown exactly why they were highly regarded.Flaherty (7-6, 3.05 ERA) not only won his third consecutive start while being in complete control against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, he extended his scoreless streak to eight innings. He pitched six shutout innings and allowed three hits.Flaherty had at least seven strikeouts in each of his last six starts and could have reason for even more motivation Wednesday.Flaherty, who was born in nearby Burbank and graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, is the third consecutive rookie and second consecutive pitcher from southern California to start for the Cardinals in the series. Daniel Poncedeleon, who was born in nearby Orange County Robert Woods Jersey Elite , started Tuesday.Another area native, Patrick Wisdom, had a bases-loaded walk for St. Louis in Monday’s victory, but was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday to make room on the roster for right-hander Carlos Martinez.“Yeah, good for them, it’s great these guys are in their first year in the big leagues some of them and Wisdom last night is from this area and he is able to get a start and contribute,” Cardinals interim manager Mike Shildt said. “You have Ponce tonight, a local guy getting an opportunity and then Jack getting a start here. We are expecting Jack to do what he does. He’s a guy that prepares well and has all the pitches and competes well. We expect him to go out and just pitch his game.”Buehler (6-4, 3.19) has been similarly low maintenance for the Dodgers, although the wrinkle in his season was a microfracture in his right rib cage that appears to be fully healed. He is back to his dominating ways from early in the season http://www.losangelesramsteamonline.com/robert-woods-jersey , going 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA over his last four starts.In his last outing, Buehler gave up one run over six innings against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, leading the way to an 11-1 victory. Mariners veteran Robinson Cano was impressed.“They’ve got a good, young arm over there,” Cano said, according to mlb.com. “He throws hard. You face some guys that throw 98, but you see it really good. But his fastball gets to you and everything is hard, the breaking ball, the slider or cutter. He’s got a bright future ahead.”The Cardinals’ dominating run through August continued Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers, leaving them a win from a sweep in L.A. The Cardinals are a baseball-best 16-4 this month. DETROIT (AP) — It didn’t look or sound like a rebuilding team Authentic Alex Smith Jersey , holding on for a win against a contender. Shane Greene had a game-ending strikeout against Jason Heyward — with fans roaring on their feet — to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Tuesday night.“Great atmosphere with a good team coming in here,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “They bring a lot of fans, too, and our fans were just wearing them out.“It was good stuff, and a big win.”Jordan Zimmermann (6-5) pitched six effective innings for Detroit, continuing Chicago’s misery.The NL Central-leading Cubs were held to one run via homer for the fifth straight game, dropping the last three in the offensive slide. This time, Anthony Rizzo led off the sixth with his 19th homer, falling to his knees as he drove Zimmermann’s first pitch over the wall in right.But that was it once again for Chicago.“I can’t really find too much wrong with how we are playing,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “The defense has been great and we’re pitching well. We’re just not hitting.“Once a game Alex Smith Jersey Elite , we hit our home run and then we don’t take advantage of our other chances.”Help could be on the way after the Cubs acquired Daniel Murphy in a trade with Washington before the game. The three-time All-Star missed the start of the season because of knee surgery, but is hitting .340 (35 for 103) since the All-Star break.Drew VerHagen, Joe Jimenez and Greene combined for three innings of one-hit relief, closing out Detroit’s second win in seven games.The Cubs had one last chance when Albert Almora Jr. drew a two-out walk in the ninth. But Greene struck out Heyward swinging to finish off a 10-pitch at-bat, earning his 27th save in 30 chances.“It was fun, mainly because I came out on top,” Greene said.Detroit got both of its runs in the first inning against Kyle Hendricks (9-10), who allowed 10 hits and walked one in seven innings.Former Cubs prospect Jeimer Candelario doubled and scored on Nicholas Castellanos‘ groundout. Victor Martinez, who finished with three hits, added a two-out RBI single.“I didn’t bury the last pitch to Victor Martinez and he went and got it http://www.washingtonredskinsteamonline.com/alex-smith-jersey ,” Hendricks said.NO PRESSUREMaddon plans to have a face-to-face meeting with Murphy, hoping to find out how much he can play and trying to diffuse expectations, before putting him in the lineup Wednesday at Detroit.“I’m not asking for Daniel to come in and all the sudden be this force,” Maddon said. “When you get a guy like this of course the natural assumption is he’s going to take you to the promised land and I don’t want him to think that way.”TRAINER’S ROOMCubs: RHP Yu Darvish will miss the rest of the season with a stress reaction in his right elbow. … SS Addison Russell was scratched with a sore shoulder. “He’s been playing through it for a while so we backed off,” Maddon said.Tigers: RHP Michael Fulmer, on the DL since July 20 with a strained oblique, is scheduled to throw 70 pitches somewhere on Friday. Gardenhire would not say where Fulmer will have the outing. … OF JaCoby Jones is expected to have a three-game rehab assignment this week. He has been on the DL since Aug. 13 with a strained right hamstring.UP NEXTCubs LHP Jon Lester (13-5, 3.72 ERA) and Tigers LHP Francisco Liriano (3-8, 4.72) close the two-game series. Lester is 2-6 with a 6.05 ERA in 11 starts in the regular season against Detroit.